First Lady, Remi Tinubu Reveals When She Wants to Leave Aso Rock

• First Lady Remi Tinubu has backed her husband’s 2027 re-election bid, saying she hopes to leave Aso Rock in 2031 and enjoy a better Nigeria in her seventies.

Nigeria’s First Lady, Remi Tinubu, has expressed hope that she will leave the Presidential Villa in 2031 and live in a country whose improvements she can enjoy well into her seventies.

She spoke on Friday, October 23, at the inauguration of the Abuja headquarters of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, a grassroots organisation mobilising support for President Bola Tinubu’s anticipated 2027 re-election campaign.

“I want to leave Aso Rock, in 2031, by the grace of God, and enter a Nigeria that me, as a 70-something-year-old woman, will enjoy,” she told supporters.

The First Lady highlighted changes at Nigeria’s airports as an example of progress under her husband’s administration, saying she looked forward to faster and more convenient travel.

“I want to get to the airport. I want to travel, you know, so quickly. And you can see our airports too are changing,” she said.

Addressing those who questioned the administration’s achievements, she suggested that people unable to recognise the changes could be offered what she called “Bola Tinubu eyeglasses.”

“So things are happening in Nigeria, except, you know, those who don’t see; maybe we’ll give them some, you know, Bola Tinubu eyeglasses. We are doing that, JigiBola,” she said.

Remi Tinubu subsequently commissioned the movement’s headquarters and declared her support for the President’s return to office in 2027.

“So to the glory of God, and for the victory of Mr President come 2027, I hereby formally commission the PBAT door-to-door movement campaign headquarters Abuja,” she declared.

She concluded with words of support for the All Progressives Congress and the movement’s convener, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo.